Let's start with the BIOS. Go into the BIOS at start-up and see what it reports on the 4 IDE-ports: 1 or 2 harddisks (you didn't tell) and 2 CD's.
Then reboot and note what the BIOS says when it reports what it finds on the IDE-drives on the screen. Should be the same.
Then boot into MS-DOS. You might need to use a boot diskette and ask for CD-support. MS-DOS boot from the hard disk probably won't support CD's. And see what dir c: up to dir h: report (there should be cd's in the drive, or you would get an error message).
Post back your findings, and include a report on the way you partitioned your hard disk(s). That must be the case, I think, or the drive letters wouldn't be g: and h:.
This might well be some hardware trouble. Not necessarily a Windows 98 problem. CD's should be auto detect, if physically OK and connected.
And remember: any addition of a message to a thread (even if more than a month old) puts it on top of the list. That's all the 'radar' the mods (and us normal users) have, I think.
Kees
Hi,
This is an update to my Nov. 25 message, "CD Tray Opens w/o Warning". I'm posting this as a new message just in case late add-ons to previous messages don't show up on moderators' "radar screens".
I first asked why my CD rom tray keeps opening and closing without apparent cause. Bob Proffit said it was usually either a trojan like Black Orifice or that the CD was getting old. So here's what I did.
First I downloaded a well-received program named "BO-Detect" to see if my computer was infected. It wasn't. BO-Detect reports my computer is clean. Also, my CDs (both of them) aren't too old - about two years and they're not even used that regularly.
The two CD-Roms on my computer include one for read(ing) only (Drive G) and another for reading and writing (burning) CDs (Drive H). The CD whose door keeps opening is Drive G -- the read-only one.
Then, just today, I first noticed that all references in my Windows Explorer to this Drive G (read-only CD) are gone!
Maybe this is the reason the door keeps opening. All of the software to support the drive seemingly has been erased or at least the drive letter has been lost.
I can say without doubt that I did not erase this drive myself. I haven't even done anything lately with my computer to make me think I could've accidentally erased the drive or its software. Nevertheless, all references to that drive are gone.
Do you have any suggestions about how I can restore this drive and its software in my Windows? It evidently is not Plug & Play because, if it were, subsequent starts of my computer would have shown this hardware as being a new addition to my computer.
Thanks for any help.

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